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...roguish side, and throughout their marriage she saw her share of it. But he was devoted to her, and why not? On the campaign trail, she helped reassure suspicious fellow Southerners about her husband's pro-- civil rights stances. She was by his side as the furor over Vietnam overtook his presidency. And for good measure, it was Lady Bird who laid the roots for the Johnson-family wealth. In 1943 she invested $17,000 from her mother's estate in the purchase of KTBC, a small Austin radio station. Over the years it grew into a media conglomerate...
...event. Boeing CEO Jim McNerney then spoke of the advantages of the new jetliner and introduced Brokaw, who called the 787 "a rock star of the future" and announced the 677 orders. The pixilated numbers appeared in story-high brilliance on each side of the stage and a roar overtook the building. The managers and workers of Boeing's supply partners who collaborated to develop the 787 joined the event via satellite from six locations, including Fuji, Kawasaki and Mitsubishi in Japan, Alenia in Italy, and Global Aeronautica/Vought and Spirit...
...Brooklyn Dodgers, a less celebrated event occurred: Pepsi hired adman Edward Boyd to promote the cola among blacks. With sleek images of happy, middle-class black consumers and endorsements from stars like Duke Ellington, Boyd pioneered niche marketing and boosted sales wherever his campaign ran--notably Chicago, where Pepsi overtook Coke for the first time...
...majority of hands went up ... The American people came to believe that we're the party of Big Government. That's why they threw us out." Actually, no: it was Iraq and corruption. And worse, it can be argued that the failure in Iraq and the moral sloppiness that overtook the late, great Republican Congress were direct consequences of a 25-year political pendulum swing to the right, which has resulted in a vaulting arrogance overseas and a profound disrespect for good governance at home...
...majority of hands went up ... The American people came to believe that we're the party of Big Government. That's why they threw us out." Actually, no: it was Iraq and corruption. And worse, it can be argued that the failure in Iraq and the moral sloppiness that overtook the late, great Republican Congress were direct consequences of a 25-year political pendulum swing to the right, which has resulted in a vaulting arrogance overseas and a profound disrespect for good governance at home...